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DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2016 144TH YEAR, NO. 112 ONE DOLLAR SEASIDE BOYS START SEASON WITH A WIN SPORTS • 10A Festival of Trees brings ‘magic’ and community together Gillnet fi shers catch a break The Daily Astorian SALEM — The Oregon Fish and Wild- life Commission on Friday voted to extend by one year a reform policy that would ban gillnetting on the main stem of the Colum- bia River. The extension of the transition period runs through 2017, giving commissioners some breathing room to refi ne the policy, which was meant to help endangered salmon and steelhead. “The extension will allow for more con- sideration by commission members and consultation with management partners,” according to a release from commission staff. The Fish and Wildlife Commission has been reviewing whether to rebalance the Columbia River reform policy and allow lim- ited use of gillnets on the river’s main stem rather than phase the practice out entirely. See REPRIEVE, Page 7A Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Auctioneer Mark Schenfeld pleaded with and sometimes goaded donors for higher bids on the 19 Christmas tree gift packages and artwork for sale at Providence Seaside Hospital’s Festival of Trees Saturday at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center. Nineteen trees are auctioned for hospital foundation By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian Clatsop County prosecutor moves east S EASIDE — The weather outside was frightful, but inside, so delightful. Nineteen trees bedecked in Christmas fi nery high- lighted one of the North Coast’s premier holiday events, Providence Seaside’s Festival of Trees gala and dinner auc- tion at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center. “People look forward to this event every year ; it really kicks off the holiday season,” Executive Director Kimberly Ward of the Providence Seaside Hospital Foundation said. “It brings magic and it brings the community together,” During the past 18 years, the Festival of Trees has raised more than $1.3 million to benefi t community health services and programs provided by the hospital. The event was on its way to new records Saturday night as donors reached deep to help fund three-dimensional tomosynthesis imaging equipment, a state-of-the art mam- mography technology that enhances early cancer detection and reduces false positive readings. By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian First responders First responders were well represented, with two separate trees for charitable auction. Katie Bulletset and Jamie Daniels, sponsored by Clatsop County fi re departments and emergency responders, teamed to design “Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire,” a lighted, ruby red tree decorated with a fi re and rescue theme. The See FESTIVAL, Page 7A Goldthorpe appointed Malheur County DA Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Miika Veenhuis, left, and Oakley Giles posed for a photo with Grace, a Brittany spaniel, and Angel, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, during Provide Seaside Hospital Foundation’s Festival of Trees fundraiser Sat- urday. Grace and Angel are new therapy dogs at the hospital, owned by David and Cherilyn Frei. The couple sponsored the tree behind the dogs, which included a trip to the Kennel Club of Beverly Hills Dog Show. Clatsop County Deputy District Attorney David Goldthorpe will become the new dis- trict attorney in Malheur County in January. “I’m looking forward to the new chal- lenge,” he said. “It’s a step in my career, in the right direction, and I’ve been excited for this possibility for some time.” Goldthorpe, appointed Friday by Gov. Kate Brown, will replace Dan Norris, who resigned for a post in the state Department of Justice. David Goldthorpe, 35, has Goldthorpe served as a prosecu- tor in Clatsop County for about seven years. He ran unsuccess- fully for Circuit Court judge earlier this year, See GOLDTHORPE, Page 7A ‘Art is not here to make friends’ Display, inspired by Trump’s election win, spurs concerns By LYRA FONTAINE The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — The paint- ing in the window of T. Anjuli Salon and Gallery features a nude woman with her legs open. Artist Billy Lutz’s “Rape of Mother Earth” portrays the sun, mountains, trees and waters, along with indigenous peo- ple and “force rings” that rep- resent “all that exists which is unseen.” The display, inspired by Republican businessman Don- ald Trump’s election as pres- ident, has drawn complaints from some because of the graphic images. Allegorical fi gures — women pregnant or breastfeed- ing — depict the earth’s fertil- ity. A graph pattern representing the rationality of capitalism is encroaching upon the wild- life and “capturing nature.” On the graph, Lutz painted fi gures wielding weapons and a cross, a criticism of what he called “cor- porate Christianity.” Lutz’s accompanying nar- rative describes “the assault on women, immigrants, indige- nous, people of color, LGBTQ, poor, creatures of the Earth, concept of soul, sanctity of our children’s faith in us, love, peace.” The painting has raised eye- brows along the close-knit Gil- bert Street d istrict. Seaside P olice met with Lutz at the Holladay Drive gal- lery Wednesday before deter- mining that the painting “was not a police issue.” Carl Yates, of Seaside, expressed his concerns in a letter to the Seaside Signal, describ- ing the painting as “shocking” and “in poor judgment.” Lyra Fontaine/The Daily Astorian See PAINTING, Page 7A Artist Billy Lutz with one of his paintings at T. Anjuli Gal- lery and Salon in Seaside.
